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After 12 years as a public company, business-travel agency Hogg Robinson recently booked a novel trip for itself: a one-way flight out of the London Stock Exchange. CEO David Radcliffe led a $450 million management buyout of the firm, a move he saw as the best solution to an increasingly common dilemma. Though Hogg Robinson was profitable--it had revenues of $2.63 billion last year--its share price had slumped because investors considered the company too small to offer "exciting double-digit growth," as Radcliffe explains. With a depressed stock price, the company found it hard to grow...
When the Dodgers and Giants were alternating National League pennants in the '40s and '50s, they had actual role players. Everyone in Brooklyn knew Jackie Robinson could play first or second, bunt his way on base and steal home whenever he wanted. Manhattan could always count on Bobby Thomson to come through in the clutch. Willie Mays and Duke Snider roamed the outfields of the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field like a mayor struts around City Hall...
...haven't really done any fundraising in the last month," said Robinson, whose estimates his personal worth at $2 million. "If I need money, I'll write myself a check...
...absence of ads, Robinson said his campaign will hinge on a successful debate performance against Kennedy...
...despite a Sept. 28 Rasmussen Research poll giving Kennedy a 63 percent to 18 percent lead in the race, Robinson is certain he will prevail...